El Porto Beach surf break

El Porto Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 04 May 2026 PDT
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El Porto Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Porto Beach sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Porto Beach today?

The current surf forecast for El Porto Beach at 4AM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm May 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (05 May)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (05 May)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

Table - waves today at El Porto Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
4
Tuesday
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.5
SW
17
0.6
SSW
17
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
66
66
100
140
200
84
84
104
104
107
116
164
164
121
119
106
96
97
99
100
100
100
72
51
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:03PM1.55m
1:48PM0.86m
11:36PM1.47m
3:28PM0.85m
00:17AM1.38m
Low Tide
6:47AM-0.02m
4:54PM0.78m
7:40AM0.05m
5:07PM0.84m
8:43AM0.10m
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:01
6:00
5:58
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7:39
7:40
7:40
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
15
15
16
17
17
17
16
15
15
15
16
17
17
17
16
16
15
16
18
18
19
13
14
14
13
13
13
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
14
15
14
15
15
16
15
16
17
16
17
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SSW
16
0.5
SW
17
0.6
SSW
17
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.8
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
5
0.5
W
6
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
Energy kJ
46
46
100
140
200
84
84
104
104
107
39
30
22
121
119
106
96
97
20
21
21
15
72
51
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.2
WNW
14
0.2
WNW
14
0.2
S
12
0.3
SW
18
0.1
SW
18
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.5
SW
15
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.5
W
5
0.4
WSW
5
0.3
WSW
5
0.1
SW
20
0.2
WSW
19
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.1
SW
19
0.1
W
13
Energy kJ
66
66
20
20
11
49
12
11
11
10
116
164
164
14
8
5
15
37
99
100
100
100
15
3
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WNW
14
0.2
WNW
14
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
WNW
14
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.1
NW
13
0.1
SW
21
0.1
NW
13
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
11
0.2
WSW
19
0.1
SW
20
0.1
SW
20
0.1
SW
19
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
11
Energy kJ
21
20
11
11
18
11
11
7
18
7
10
9
2
2
2
2
2
2
37
15
15
15
3
2
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
3
0.3
WSW
3
0.2
W
3
0.3
W
3
0.6
W
4
0.8
W
5
0.9
W
5
1
W
5
1
W
5
0.9
W
5
0.3
W
5
0.4
WSW
5
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
Energy kJ
3
2
1
1
13
29
37
47
51
46
4
7
15
15
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
33
12
9
19
33
61
467
467
19
19
19
0
0
9
12
110
19
9
0
0
0
12
56
33
Best forecast wave conditions in Los Angeles County
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
1
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
9
9
7
6
6
5
8
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
5
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